Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1874 — Sticking Peas. [ARTICLE]

Sticking Peas.

Most people, says Forney's Press , when they go to a seed store to buy peas, ask for kinds that need no sticks to run on. It may be taken for a general rule, in which there are few exceptions, that peas that need no sticks are not worth sticking. It is only when they grow up something that they bear freely. In most places some brushwood may be gathered and saved for the purpose. Sometimes, however, it js not convenient to find any. A hint as to a substitute may be useful in such cases. We take the following from the London Field : “To those who have to procure stakes at a great, cost, the following method will prove advantageous, being very cheap, simple and easily performed. A few rough stakes should be obtained and driven into the ground on each side of the row about twelve feet apart. These stakes should be of a corresponding height to that of the peas, and when the required number for a line is inserted, some tar twiqe or Other strong cord may be tied to the end stake, and passed along the line of stakes, making a turiLon each within a few inches* of the ground, and as growth progresses raise the next turn a little higher, advancing in succession until the plants attain their full height. These lines being run on at the right time, the tendrils of the peas will clasp firmly round them and support the plants quite equal to the well-known plan of sticking. Some imagine an advantage to be obtained in this way of training, as the lines get a better circulation of air, and pods can be gathered at all times, without injuring the haulm.”